Palm Beach County Sheriff's Deputy Ignacio "Dan" Diaz was working traffic Nov. 21 when he and two other deputies were hit by an SUV. The other two deputies were dead on arrival at the hospital. Diaz died Monday.Palm Beach County SO
A third Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office motor patrol deputy involved in a traffic crash near Loxahatchee last week has died, the agency said.
Deputy Ignacio "Dan" Diaz succumbed to his injuries shortly before 12:45 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25, according to a statement released by the agency. Diaz was one of three PBSO motor officers involved in a roadside crash on the morning of Nov. 21, the Palm Beach Post reports.
PBSO Cpl. Luis Paez and Deputy Ralph "Butch" Waller died shortly after being flown to St. Mary's Medical Center on the day of the wreck.
The deputies were seriously injured as they stood on the shoulder of Southern with a stalled PBSO motorcycle, waiting for a fourth PBSO deputy to bring them jumper cables. An SUV trying to avoid a car that had decelerated in traffic swerved onto the shoulder from the center lane to avoid a crash but struck the deputies.
Diaz joined PBSO in 2004 and had been member of the motor unit for the past 10 years. Paez was with the agency for 36 years, including the past 20 as member of the motor unit. Waller was an 18-year member who joined PBSO when the agency merged with the Royal Palm Beach Police Department.
